Food Postcard: Chocolate Easter Eggs
Raise your hand if you love chocolate. Now keep it raised if, come Easter, you always find yourself surrounded by chocolate Easter eggs, taste-testing them all in…
Food Postcard: Royal Chocolate Cake
Opulent, luxurious, decadent – words used to describe not only the plush interior of Gerbeaud in Budapest, Hungary, but also the delectable confectionaries served at this traditional…
Food Postcard: Dr. Sweety
If sweets are just what the doctor ordered then Dr. Sweety, the happy candy clinic in Ghent, Belgium, has everything needed to fill your prescription. Clear cases…
Food Postcard: Lobster Soup
The Sea Baron (Sægreifinn) stands proud in a cheerful, turquoise-green building on Reykjavik’s old harbour. The name refers to both a man, Kjartan Halldórsson, a former fisherman…
Food Postcard: Christmas Cranberries
Firm, round, and deep red in colour, cranberries are a fruit native to North America, where a dish of cranberry sauce will always be found on every traditional…
Food Postcard: Simply the Best Apple Pie
On the southern corner of the Noordermarkt square in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, is an apple pie that may even taste better than the one your grandmother bakes.
Food Postcard: La Chouffe’s Friendly Elf
He certainly looks mischievous but this red-capped, long-bearded little elf has only good intentions. He’s responsible for gathering the barley and hops used to brew La Chouffe…
Food Postcard: A Delicate Slice of Vlaai
The southernmost province of the Netherlands, Limburg, with its hilly landscape, likes to defy the idea that the Netherlands is a totally flat country. The name Limburg…
Food Postcard: Summer Cherries
Few things give more satisfaction than biting into a plump, juicy cherry, the skin such a deep garnet colour that it almost appears to be black. Stems…
Food Postcard: Watermelon
Watermelon. The word alone is enough to evoke childhood memories of summer – pale pink juice running down your chin, competing in seed spitting contents with your…
Food Postcard: Fudge
Nestled in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, a shop in the picturesque town of Jasper is keeping a sweet secret: fudge. And it’s not just your average confectionary,…
Food Postcard: Sweet Spring Strawberries
There are few things which herald the joyful arrival of spring in Europe like the first spring strawberries. These fragrant, scarlet jewels burst with flavour and make…